
NUMBER ONE — 1872 ( Circular. ) PRICE FIVE CENTS. 




When every-bcdy can have a real genuine 
Home without fear of Poverty, one which no-hody 
can turn them out from ! ! ! 






WEEN WE WILL HAVE NO PROFESSIONAL LAWYERS 
AND JUDGES TO ROB AND OPPRESS US I I ! 

WHEN AGRICULTURE AND MECHANICS SHALL BE 
TAUGHT IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND THE LAND 
SHALL BE FREE TO CULTIVATE ! ! 

When all votes shall "be Publicly Counted 
and inspected. 

WEEN ALL RECEIPTS FOR TAX MONEY SHALL BE 
GIVEN FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION, &c, dec. 



QUESTIONS. 



HOW CAN EVERY WORKING MAN GET HIS LIVING 
HONESTLY, AND HAVE NO FEAR OF POVERTY IN SICK- 
NESS AND OLD AGE ? 



HOW DOES THE RICH AND SELF-MADE MAN MAKE HIMSELF AND 
GET RICH ? 

A SUGGESTION 
FOR CHARITABLE PEOPLE, &c. 

CHICAGO: 
Wm. ROSE & DAUGHTERS, PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS, 
207 DEARBORN St. ^ 






H(Yfr4- 



( Entered according to act of Congress. v%ith the librarian at 
"Washington, in the year 1872. By TVm. Rose.) 



THE -GOOD TIME COMING" IS THE NAME OF A WEEK- 
LY PAPER, TO BE DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO THE RE- 
DEMPTION OR EMANCIPATION OF THE WORKING MAN 
AND WOMAN FROM SLAVERY TO CAPITAL AND ARIS- 
TOCRATIC OR DESPOTIC GOVERNMENTS. 

THE "GOOD TIME COMING" shall be a Public Newspaper, not 
only for any-body and every-body to read, but for any-body and every- 
body who wish, to WRITE FOR. 

We intend it to be a Public Place of Meeting, where every man and 
woman shall have free access to give their opinions, or read the opin- 
ions of others, upon the subjects that this paper is devoted to, as given in 
the heading. 

As a means of attaining the end we desire, we will advocate and pro- 
mote, with the help of the working man, or producer, the following pro- 
positions : 

1 That every man and woman has a natural right to as 
much of the public or uncultivated land as they need, to cultivate, 
and produce all they want to live upon, and support their families. 

2 That all the laws for Government shall be voted for, or 
made, by the people direct, and not made by rerese ntatives. 

3 That all infringements of said laws, so made, and all ques- 
tions arising under them, shall be heard and settled by a jury of 
the people, without the aid of the professional Judge or Lawyer. 

4 That the Professional Law Makers, Judges, and Lawyers, 
are not only a useless class, but are in every way an evil, and a fraud 
upon every kind of productive industry in the country, or in the world. 

They make and inforce laws by an arbitrary and assumed power, that 
Controls, or Produces Circumstances that brings about and increases al- 
most all the evils that exist among mankind, and this they teach the ig- 
norant man to call "Providence." 

They are a distinct and separate class of people, with no interest or 
sympathg in common with any kind of productive industry, but live by 
creating continual and universal confusion, and chronic, or individual 
war, and so take the earnings of others to themselves, and to assist mo- 
nopolies, and reduce the working man and producer to perpetual slavery 
and poverty 

5 The teaching of Agriculture and Mechanics in the Public 
Schools ; a simple and easy manner of doing it we propose to show in 
this circular, that will be systematic and exact, without excessive la- 
bor, but with only about one hour each day to pleasurable exercise and 
pastime. 



6 A system of voting, and public counting, and inspection of 
votes, that will allow every man to vote, and will immediately detect 
any stuffing of the ballot box with fraudulent votes, or the repeater voting, 
&c. How to do it we will show in this circular, and in the GOOD 
TIME COMING. 

7 The daily publication of all receipts and payments of public 
money, by those receiving or paying the same, without exception ; who 
it is received from, and who it is paid to. and what for, or a daily pub- 
lic cash account journal. 

TO PUBLISH FOR GENERAL INFORMATION IN THE 
GOOD TIME COMING, 

we would ask for articles upon the following subjects ; from the learned 
man, or highly educated professor of some kind who has been through 
the High Schools and Colleges ; tell us how a working man can get his 
living honestly, and secure himself against want and poverty in sickness 
and old age? Give us the thing in detail : what he shall work at, how 
long time each day, how much he shall earn, what it shall cost to keep 
himself and family per day. or week. &c, make it all plain so that any 
one or all can follow it. 

If you cannot give us these directions, tell us what practical good your 
education is to any-body : what benefit do the working people get in re- 
turn for paying for your education ? 

Again, — we would ask of any one who can tell, how many working 
men it takes to work one year, to earn one million ot dollars, over and 
above their necessary family expenses? Take one or more particular busi- 
ness, and give us the detail : how long each one works, what he earns, 
how large his family, what it costs for rent, what for firing, what for 
clothing, what for groceries, and the kinds he can use. what for meat, 
what for tools, what for medicine. <kc. ; and how much tax he pays on 
the same articles, to the Government. and other monopolies and specu 
lators. 

And also tell us how much capital, so called, it takes to bring one mill- 
ion of dollars income, what the owner does for the income, and what are 
his family expenses ? Give them in detail, as in the case of the working 
man ; what it costs for rent or house-room, what for groceries, meat, 
clothing, firing, tools, &e. 

Also tell us how much Government tax he pays during the time, and 
upon the same labor or earnings. 

TO ROMANTIC STORY WRITERS, 

and others who wish, who can write a good story, made out of facts that 
exist, — we say — we will pay you (by special contract) for a good story , 
lively, practical, and to the point, for publication in the GOOD TIME 
COMING. 

The object of the story to be to show the rich man, and how he gets 
rich. It must give the general character and qualifications of the man 



repaired ; the way he lays his plans, and how he operates with them ; 
show all the secret ways and means of putting his ideas into successful 
operation : show who owns the money or property he intends to get, and 
what that money or property is, and where it comes from. 

It must represent in character every class of people he operates upon, 
and the regular process each one has to go through, or the kinds of labor 
they peform, and the amount of it, and about what percent of the earn- 
ings he gets of the various trades or occupations they follow ; or any 
practical method he may use to reach his desired end. 

And also show what he does with his riches when he has them ; what 
effect they have upon his mental or bodily health. 

All these things must be shown in true representative character, or 
occupations, so that it will be easy to follow and reach the same end, 
namely — To Get Midi, by any one, and every one possessing the proper 
qualifications ; or tell the reason why they cannot do it. 

In the GOOD TIME COMING , we will show how every man and 
woman, boy and girl, can have a good home and employment. 

Not compulsory labor as is the system of labor now, but a real genu- 
ine home, luithout fear of -poverty, and which nobody can turn them out 
from. Mankind see in the Horse, the Ox, the Mule, the Ass, &c, # so 
much muscle, or power, they can use for their own benefit, that they feed 
them good, shelter them good, and take every possible care that no harm 
comes to them. 

If they are sick they are not required to work, but have food and 
medicine provided for them till they get better. 

The black man in slavery is used by his owners, as the Horse, the 
Mule, the Ox, &c. is, that is — to supply him with what he calls labor. 

If he gets lazy, and does not work fast enough, the driver serves him 
the same as he does the Horse, the Ox, &c. — he gives him the whip. 

But if he is sick he is taken care of, rests from his labor, has food and 
medicine provided, has shelter and clothing found for himself and fam- 
ily all the time, sick or well. 

The poor white man is used by his owner, the rich man, as so much 
labor (they call it free labor.) 

For every day of ten hours that he works, they pay him just about 
sufficient money to pay for his food, clothing, and shelter, for twenty- 
four hours. If he is sick, he gets nothing, and has no one to take care 
of him. If he gets disabled by accident, he gets nothing, and has no 
one to take care of him. 

When he is infirm from old age, or excessive labor, and not able to 
do a full day's work, he has no one to take care of him, no one to pro- 
vide for him. 

In all these cases the poor free man suffers want, insult, and poverty. 

The number of poor free (so called) working men is increased in pro- 
portion as every kind of valuable property is concentrated in the hands 
of the few rich men and monopolies. 

The poor man is shut out from every possible way or means to make 
a living honestly and independently, as a free human being ought to do. 

He is forced to w r ork for the rich man, and receive the small pittance 
he gives, and try to keep body and soul together, as best he can. 



The driver of free poor working raeu inst a >f hai ing a whip in his 

Land, as the driver of the Horse, the Mule, and the Slave, he has a time 
book ; If they miss a day or an hour the time if wn, their wa- 

ges are docked, and they and their families have so much the less to eat, 
to wear, to warm themselves or for shelter. 

This is not so with th 3e things I for 

himself and family whether he loses time or not. 

The poor man has nothing in this world that he Ul n, not 

a foot of land in this wide world he . read upon and sxj-th.il 
I can rest litre while Hive : No, he is truly a sojourner, and a :-;r _ -: 
here without any place to lay his head. 

In such a condition of things is it any wonder .-._ cut each oth- 

er's throats for money? That they will hire ont - soldiers, to be .-hot 
at. and to shoot at and kill their fellows, ; si : i sm .'. 
money, and that through the best year- of. their liie : and then : 
chance to live at all. to live maimed, or in poverty all the rest of their 
lives. s 

Why is all this? Is there not i m .11 to 

live without killing his fellow to i 

Why cannot every man have i.i- portion of .e to 

call his own while fa rtr 

^Vhy should the rich man say to the poor man. (like tl g in the 

manger,) although I can:. I use this land myself, I will k yon, I 

will see you si : 

He say-, it i- mine by right of conquest. lam sti Qgcr than you. 

It is mine by law, I made the law that .- 

All your right in this world is to work for m ike in return 

what I choose to give you. We call this the natural lav - .-.- and 
demand, you shall supply all the labor you can possibly 
will give you a little of our money in retu:u : i 

But yon m ust give ll t anything i eat. 

This is also what we call equal rights : you have the right to work for 
me. and take what I pkc - you in return, or stai I have 

the right to employ you, or lot you star 

As a remedy for this state of things, and, a that belongs 1 

as men, and as free men, we demand o I the ' face, or 

what is called the public land. 

This earth was made for man to live upon, or fa have been 

sent here. We have no use for it only while we are in this world with 
our bodies. 

No one man. or class of men hi to claim as their own any 

more of this world'.- surface than they can use for their support .It does not 
hurt the land to cultivate and ^ei from it every thing we need in this life 

It is always willing to give : ly one who asks it in the 

right way — by cultivation. 

We as men in this world, and belonging to this world, propose to take, 
to have, and to hold, each and eve: .-. enough of this world's sur- 

face to live upon, while we are here, and to live like free men. to live hon- 
estly, and support our families without being slaves to Capital and other 
monopolies. 



The way we, as free men, propose to have our share of the land is about 
like this — that all the Government land, (and we, the whole people are 
supposed to be theGovermnent,) shall be open and free for occupation and 
cultivation. 

Say — Each and every one that wants to, may enter upon and occupy 
forty acres of land, not already occupied, he shall record his occupation, 
and the Government shall give him a deed of the same, and to his heirs 
and successors, to have, and to hold the same as their own, so long as 
they shall occupy and cultivate it. 

Every thing they put on the land shall be their own. to sell or remove 
at pleasure. But in the land they have only the right to occupy, and 
therefore can sell no more than their right of possession in said land. 

This will give a good and permanent home to the poor man as long as 
he lives, and to his family. He will have no fear of poverty. He will 
have no desire to rob and kill his neighbor, to get money to buy bread 
with for himself and family. 

It would develop the better feelings of mankind, and cause them to do 
-good to their neighbors instead of evil. 

This need not prevent any one from buying all the land they wish, that 
is not so occupied, and holding it, and selling it at pleasure. But such 
land, so bought and held, should be open to occupation and cultivation, 
under certain conditions, something like this, — That any one can enter 
upon and occupy, say forty acres, (that is enough for any man to live 
upon and keep his family.) 

He shall own every thing he may put upon the land ; he may remove or 
sell the same at pleasure. But the owner, if he wishes to occupy or sell 
the said land. shall get posession of it and the occupant shall give it up to 
him, by his giving the occupant one year's notice to leave it. 

Said notice shall terminate at a time when the occupant can have had 
time to remove all his last summer's productions. 

If the occupant does not leave at the end of the year, the owner shall 
collect and have for himself, one-half of all the product of the farm until 
he gets posession. 

If the owner of said land notifies the occupant to leave, and he does 
leave, and gives the owner posession, then if the owner does not occupy it, 
or cause it be occupied, he shall forfeit and pay to the former occupant, 
as damage for being obliged to remove — a sum of money or its value, to 
the full amount of half of the value of the product raised by the said occu- 
pant the year before his removal from the land. 

This will w T ork no injustice to any one. Cultivating the land does not 
injure it. It would be as good after being cultivated twenty-five, fifty, or 
one-hundred years. With proper cultivation it cannot be exhausted so 
long as man has to live upon it. 

Some men hold land twenty, thirty, forty and more years, and never 
make it produce one dollar's worth of subsistance for man or beast 9 and yet 
they will not let any other man occupy or cultivate it, although they may 
be starving from want and hunger. 

This is called lav:, justice, equal rights, and all that sort of thing, by the 
/aio makers, monopolies, and what is called the higher classes, or governing 
fart of mankind. 



Thetime has come when mankind wants no gamming class* but we will 
each one. as free nien, govern ourselves according to well understood roles 
and regulations, which will be made general or universal with the aid of 
the pbeste* g press and the nkwsje a e 

Despotic and aristocratic governments done very well to hiU o^f and end- 
awe the ignorant people* before the Printing Press and the Newspaper were 
found. But now their time is drawing near to the end. 

2sTow the'masses can meet together in the newspaper^ there thej can talk 
to each other, and compare notes, they can talk about and discuss the doings 
and the motives of their r . U b, &c 

TO CHOOSE A JUBY OF THE PEOPLE, 

Tht. wax fed choose a jttrt of the people to decide 

ale cases of law, disagreement, crtjseesal actios, ; . ~ould 

be something like this : Every voter's name shall be registered, 

aad from those names we wonld draw by lot twelve men to act as jud- 
ges, or arbitrators in all cases, whether called Civil or Criminal, to de- 
cide in all cases of disagreement or misunderstanding, and to pass 
judgment in criminal eases. 

^"e would consider a majority of a jury of twelve intelegent men suf- 
ficient for a decision in all eases, except any one that might require the 
taking of another person's life. In such cases we would have all the 
evidence in the case published, and judgment rendered by a majority 
vote of all the voters in the district where the crime is said to have 
been committed. 

Each jury shall serve only one month, and another one shall be 
drawn in time to commence business when the time of the existing one 
expire s. Nci voter under twenty-five years of age should be allowed 
to sit on a jury, on account of his supposed ignorance of matters and 
things belonging to this world and the people in it. 

E very man engaged on a jury shall have a regular and fixed salary 
for his services, and shall charge nothing to any party, and shall receive 
no fees or perquisites from any party coming before it for its decision of 
any matter whatsoever ; but shall decide all cases according to the best 
of their ability and knowledge, with the simple guide or standard to go 

by, — -Do T7XTO OTHE~> AG 7 WOCM 7.-777 OTHERS DO U> I 7 7 

Any voter who is drawn shall not be required to serve on a jurj _- 
ainst his will, but when drawn his name shall pass along, and shall not 
go into the list of names to be drawn again, till all that are in the list 
xhausted. and then he can take his turn again with the rest. 
en one jury in a district is not enough to decide all cases prompt- 
ly and withe 7: delay, other juries may be chosen in the same way or man- 
ner, till there are enough to do all the business in the district as prompt_ 



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Because they are laws for all the people to obey or guide themselves 



by, and before (hey can obey those laws properly, and intelligently, 

THEY MUST KNOW WHAT THE LAWS ARE. 

If the intended law is published in the public newspapers, and every- 
body has a chance to read it, to talk about it, and understand its mean- 
ing, or intended operation, and to vote for it, then it will become so 
well known and understood, that a jury of intelligent men would have 
no difficulty in deciding any case of supposed infringment, or non-com- 
pliance with said law. 

And becanse the laws made by representatives are always made to 
benefit a few individuals, and to the disadvantage of by far the 
greater number of people. 

And because, that all the people having helped to make the laws, 
they will try all the more to live according to them, and see that oth- 
ers do the same. 

And becaue the laws made by representatives are never "known to the 
majority of the people affected by said laws, and so the few knowing 
ones take advantage of the ignorance of all the others, and thereby de- 
fraud them. 

And because, we do not want such a complicated mass of confusion 
and contradiction as we have now, called law, that nobody can possibly 
understand, and that nobody receives any benefit from, but the lawyers, 
judges, and a few others, office holders and especially interested parties. 

Who made the lawyers to be our judges and riders? 

MANNER OF VOTING 

Every voter shall be allowed to send in his vote through the Post 
Office, if he wishes to, bef >re the day set for election. Said votes shall 
go to an appointed receiver, and be opened on the day of election, and 
counted with the votes delivered in person on that day. 

Every vote shall contain the name and residence of the voter wheth- 
er delivered through the Post Office, or in person, as well as the name 
of the man or object voted for. 

On election day, every vote shall be placed by the receivers under 
proper headings to show who or what the vote was given for ; and the 
next day published in full in the district, for public count and inspection, 
then a few days shall be allowed for inspection, correction and explana- 
tion, and then the number of votes when ascertained shall be sent by 
appointed agents to the general reception office for the votes of all the 
local districts, there to be counted as a whole, and the result of the el- 
ection published for the benefit of all whom it may concern. 

District, town, city, county, State or United States voting could be 
done to advantage in this way. 

By publishing the next day after the elections, every voter's name in 
full, together with the object he voted for, would give every one a 
chance to see that his vote zvas applied to the purpose he intended it to 
6e, and to detect any box stuffing and repeater voting, &c. 

Every voter's name and residence in the district should be registered 
and kept at some appointed place. If the receivers of the votes find two 
or more votes from one person, or any votes from persons whose address 



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is not on tLe register for the distr: :: . m firom zzzz - Dames, he 5h.all 
in the publication of the name- the n zz Rer the election, mark all 

those names with a stab, or some xehei lesignati d mark, with expla- 
nati&n. and allow those so sending th^m to have them corrected, if they 
are mistakes ; if they are not within the time agreed upon. 

they rial! not be counted among the legal votes, when - mi to the gen- 
eral receiving office, but shall be sent in a list by th *ms - is 
nc€ legal and therefore useless 11 which shall be published in the geu- 
cr;-.l reper: :::zerez.;l: :: :L-r ele ::::::. 

This way of voting would allow a very la : _ — z citizens to vote 

who very seldom voz: now, some because they are unwilling to si nd 
in the ranks for hours together - m 

:-.r :_eir z'l.z :: Iz.z 1 iz z.rir iizle bi: :; per. :zr z.:_-z z Lzze z:l-e. r : 

: men that do all tL and n : 1 

siders ever knows afterward we bob z -fecial vote. 

whether it was used as he intended it to be 

i::lv: l.-.rze :1: — ~~ ] ■-'■'_ - : z:l 1 — e : - Z-> " ■"■"-- " - '■ -'* -'.e i:. 
the old way ; they are the working-men . :_-r .. pie who 

zezzz v : :z z.e :iz:e :r . :z z. :: IaI: :r r "z:-ize-- :: rztezd in pers d 
and deposit their votes, and _ _ ge to id- 

lers, loafers, zd the fioa ting toning ...en to 

the office of making law- 
people, for their ovr_ ~ x I osrra 

PULL?: A . CTTXS. 

AH money orvaiz descri ioni - z. to be paid into 

a general fund for any purpose shall be re for daily by 

the tax receiver, or collector, in a public manner, and for public inspec- 
tion in the district where he r ue same, by having published 
in one or more public n pers in where z is received, 
(or where there is no public news] per pi zed. it shall be published 
in a special paper for the purpose . ste very week. ) said paper 
contain all receipts and payments, during the week, of every kind 
or public money .who it i- : 1 what 
for, and also show the balance on hand for each separate fund, 
has that balance. 

Every i ■ ■ " " "• " ■" r dofl 

He shall publish daily his receipts -. who he receives 

it from, what it is received : b what H is paid for, 

and shall keep a daily public balance )f his accounts. 

HOTT TO TEACH AGRICHLTUBE IN THE PUBLIC 
5CHC MLS 

2 Sc r each school house shall I e rided a sufficient imount : land 

forthe purpose required, which will ziz._ the Qumber of 
scholars in the school. 

Said land shall be divided intc z 111 its : say — 

one acre, of one hundred and sixtv re Is, -1 z: one hun- 



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dred lots of one rod each, and the sixty rods shall make the walks or 
roads, to divide or separate each lot from the other. 

The land shall be prepared each season, before laying out the lots, by 
plowing, pulverising, or other cultivation as might be needed to put it 
in good condition. 

Each of the scholars shall have one or more of these lots, according 
to their ability to use them for the purpose of cultivation and produc- 
tion. At a given time each day through the season, say — half an hour 
every morning, each child shall be required and allowed to spend in the 
occupation of planting, weeding, or cultivating their own lots. 

They shall be provided with tools or implements suitable for the 
work they have to do. 

The teacher shall superintend them during the time, and give them 
proper instruction in the use of their tools, and the manner of planting 
their seed ; to keep the ground free from weeds, and any other thing 
required. 

In such a garden the children can raise or grow a small proportion 
of every grain or vegetable, grass or flower, suitable to the climate, 
that is needed for the use or pleasure of mankind, 

The larger children can use two or more lots each season if they 
wish or circumstance requires it ; graduated something like this — the 
first year they shall have one lot each, the second year two lots each, 
the third year three lots each, and so on. 

The seeds to be planted, shall be selected by picking out each one 
separate, which shall be the very best and most perfect seed to be found, 
of its kind, and no other shall be planted. Roots, cuttings, and every 
thing else to be planted, must be selected in the same manner. 

Every seed shall be planted at regular distances apart, according to 
the room required to mature the plant. Every child shall be provided 
with a small memorandum book, wherein he shall be required to enter an 
account of his operations, such as when he planted, what kind of seeds 
or cuttings he planted, how far apart each seed or plant, how many it 
lakes for the whole lot, &c, and what accident, advantage, or disadvan- 
tage during the season. 

The school books shall describe the manner of planting and cultivat- 
ing, in every particular. Every operation shall be described in short 
and simple lessons for each day, from the first primary lessons, gradu- 
ally onward as the pupil advances in the knowledge of his business. 

In the school books shall be cuts or pictures of all the tools to be 
used, also a representation of the school . garden with each plat or lot 
shown. 

Upon each of the lots shall be shown the manner of planting some 
one of the many articles to be planted, with the distance apart, whether 
in rows or hills. In the lessons the cuts shall be explained, and the 
distance shown in inches or parts of an inch. 

The produce of the school gardens so raised must belong one half to 
the child who raises it, and the other half to the school. The school half 
shall be sold, and the proceeds applied to buying the tools and imple- 
ments, needed for the use of the school. The child's half shall b3 sold 
if they wish and the money given to them for their own use. 



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S ~ : ry kin \ r tise 1 in this w >y the school children, trader proper 
direction and care, in n t t) Ufft kind together in grow- 

ing* would goon be -aperior to any see Is n w vailable for general use. 

There most be a suitable house prepared to contain the crops when 
mature", and : repare them in : : - lie, &c, and alsc tc ^:: ; 
: : :>ls in. 

As Agriculture :- :he base or foundation of all other employments 
that man is without which all others would be as 

nothing, it is only right to teach i: : jvery child, boy or girl, so that if 
eveiy-thing else fails them in life, they will have this to fall back upon 
as a never failing source of supply. 

With the uncultivated land tree to occupy, and a good education in 
the art of agriculture and mech uics, :ney will supply the best life insur- 
ance, the best health insuran ■:•:•. ;st | ace and prosperity insurance 
in the world, it would injure no on every >ne good. 

TO TEACH MECHANICS IX THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS 

would be similar to teaching agriculture. The school books should con- 
tain cuts or pictures of every thing to be taught, with their explanations. 
These for the fire! : lessons, should be the most simple 

things, such as c : < i Id 's toys '-. / . ; ~. . : - riher suitable 

In theles- ::~ lescril ing each cut or picture, should be given the size 
or dimensions every way : not only the full sized article complete, but 
every little particular as to length, breadth, and thickness, the round 
edge, or square edge, :: any curve, the kind of joints or fastenings of 
the parrs together. &c. 

Let each separate part .let that lesson be 

perfected before passing on to the next, and so on in every part till the 
thing is completed. As the child progresses in the knowledge of the art 
he can be led on to a knowledge of the most difficult pieces of mechan- 
ism. 

In this n , in the Public Schools, ci Id be taught to the greatest - 
/-:"';.. t " i known to man. Everything at the 

schools should be done as models or representations, but perfect in 
every par:. Every child to some extent, might be allowed to make 
choice of the particular occupation he would like to practice, which 
would develop the talent of each individual more in any particular em- 
ployment he might wish to follow. 

There must be a work shop provided with the necessary tools suitable 
for children and the work to be done. Every article of clothing or 
wearing apparel, can be described and taught in the same way. 

In the cuts show the different parts of every garment separate, and 
leseribe it in inches and parts of an inch, the various curves and points 
in each part, how to put them together, and what they are when com- 
plete. It* louldbemon • u itable for girls in particular . 
and would be of great advantage for them all to know. 

In describing the way to make articles of clothing it would be neces- 
Bary to show the different kinds of stitch to be used to produce the re- 



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■quired article ; tliis should be done by a cut, and a simple description 
explaining every part of it. Let the cut and description show the differ- 
ent kinds and size of the various stitches to be used, by giving their num- 
ber as so many to the inch, &c. 

In this department of learning in the Public Schools, we think the 
primary lessons should be with doll's clothes, but be as particular in 
every part as if it was the highest, and most efficient branch of the art. 

Every article of mechanics so made in the Public Schools must belong 

HALF TO THE CHILD THAT MADE IT, AND THE OTHER HALF TO THE SCHOOL. 

The school half shall be sold, and the proceeds applied to the purchase 
of tools and materials, to be used in the school. 

If any child should wish to keep the whole of any particular article 
they have made, they can do so by giving the school for sale, the same 
value they may have in any other article they have made. 

One great advantage of this system of school teaching is what we be- 
lieve to be a fact, that every-body having once learned any art in 
mechanics or agriculture in their youth, never forget it, but that they 
can do the same thing again under proper circumstances, at any time 
during their lives. 

Another great advantage in commencing to teach this system of ag- 
riculture and mechanics in the Public Schools is that any school district 
so disposed can do it alone. It will work as good in any single district, 
as in a whole town, county, or State, and the same in the State, county, 
or town, as in the single district. 

The time for taking lessons in mechanics should be, say — half an 
hour each afternoon. At the end of every season the teacher shall col- 
lect the principal facts and statistics, of the school garden, and the 
mechanic's shop, and the directors shall have them published for distri- 
bution, or sale, or exchange with other schools. 

A SUGGESTION. 
A SUPPOSED CASE OF INDIVIDUAL CHARITY. 

Suppose Mr. R. Bonner, with his Fifty Thousand dollars presented to 
the Chicago Relief Fund, had bought four thousand acres of land, worth, 
say, five dollars per acre, and divided it into forty acre farms, with a road 
surveyed or laid out on every half section line ; and then suppose he had 
bought one hundred houses matched or fitted for setting up ; and then sup- 
pose he had sent one of those houses on to each of the forty acre farms ; and 
then made out one hundred deeds, each conveying one farm with the 
house upon it, and had presented one deed to each of one hundred poor 
families who were burned out by the Chicago Fire, and to their heirs and 
successors forever ; upon the one condition that they shall occupy and cul- 
tivate the same. 

Let them own and sell at pleasure all property they may put upon the 
land, but in the land itself, having only the right to occupy and use, they 
can sell no more than their right of posession. 

Have a general charter or agreement made, stating the conditions of 
the gift or occupancy, which shall be preserved and kept in one or mor e 
public places in the settlement, to be read and understood by every body. 



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Invest the trust in a jury of the reople, occupants of the settlement, said 
jury to be elected every year. 

One hundred farms of 40 acres each, at $5 per acre would he $20,000 

One hundred houses at $150 each $15,000 

Together would make $35,000 

The Fifteen thousand dollars left would give to each family one hundred 
and fifty dollars in cash, this would pay their expenses there, and help 
them fence and stock their farms, and provision themselves until they 
could raise something the next season. 

This w T ould be a permanent good, and would secure one hundred fami- 
lies from want as long as they live, and be a good home for their children. 

Make a provision that no one shall occupy more than one farm, to pre- 
vent a few from taking them all. 

This would make a monument to Mr. Bonner, that would stand with 
the highest honors so long as the country lasts. 

Then suppose Mr. A. T. Stewart had done the same thing with his fifty 
thousand dollars sent to the Relief Fund of Chicago. Can you conceive 
of any more pleasure or satisfaction to be derived by any one for a dona- 
tion of fifty thousand dollars, than the placing of one hundred families 
above the reach of povertv for the remainder of their lives. 

Now suppose the next man that would give fifty thousand dollars or 
any other sum, to benefit the poor, should invest in land divided into 
small farms, put a house upon each, and a small proportion of money in 
each house, according to the foregoing propositions; then present a deed 
of one to each of any number they wish of poor families, on condition that 
they occupy the same, &c, as above. 

How handy such a thing as this would come to some widows with fam- 
ilies, to disabled soldiers with a wife and family, to weak and sickly men 
not able to do a full day's Avork, but have a wife and family to keep ; to brc- 
ken-down merchants and trades-people without money, whose only choice 
is between poverty and suicide, in either case with ruin and degradation 
to their families. 

Who can tell the amount of good that such a system of relief for the poor and 
needy would do, or the benefit it would be to society at large, how many 
young men it would keep from drinking, and bad houses, and from prison, 
and all the things that lead thereto, how many young women it would 
benefit in the same way, by keeping them from the same places, and from 
the same occupations, by giving them good homes and employment, with- 
out slavery and excessive labor. 

Rich and benevolent men and women, will you please read and think of 
this? 

THE CONDITIONS, OR TERMS OF WRITING FOR THE 
GOOD TIME COMING, and also to increase the circulation, will be- 
Every one who writes for it must purchase and distribute, at the rate of 
at least twenty-five copies of the paper containing their communication, 
for every five hundred words of matter they wish to be printed. 

Example, — Suppose a Labor Protection Society, or Trades Union, 
wished to circulate and make known their ideas about the universal eman- 
cipation of man from slavery to monopolies and aristocracies, they can get up 



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a subscription among their members for twenty-five, fifty, one hundred, 
or more copies, according to their numbers, or inclinations ; (they will be 
supplied at the wholesale price, to all who write for the paper,) and have 
a regular representation in the paper. 

Others writing for the paper can g:et regular subscriptions, or sell them 
through the paper stores, or boys on the street, and get back all their pur- 
chase money. 

We propose that one-half of the paper shall be at the disposal of the 
working man and producer of every kind, and those who interest them- 
selves in their welfare ; and the other half to those who oppose emancipa- 
tion, and advocate monopolies and aristocracies, if any wish to do so. 

The terms of printing will be the same to each. 

This is Circular No. 1, in which we have stated the objects to be 
obtained, and the manner of attaining them, as we see it. 

If we find the working people sufficiently interested in the matter and 
manner to take hold and help to discuss and advocate their rights against 
oppressions, and continual and exhaustive labor and poverty, then we 
will issue a regular weekly paper for their use and benefit. 

AU communications should be addressed to 

Wm. ROSE & DAUGHTERS, PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS, 
207 DEARBORN St. 

CHICAGO. 

The price of this pamphlet is, single copies 5 cents. A liberal discount 
to Dealers. They can be had at our office, or through any of the newspaper 
dealers. Single copies sent by mail on receipt of price. 



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